Refugee employment
Refugee Employment Services help meet the short and long-term goals of each program participant. Assisting refugees, asylees and Cuban/Haitian Humanitarian Parolees into employment is key to their successful integration into American society.
YCI’s employment specialists and job developers help refugees find jobs as quickly as possible, then provide additional training and counseling to help them advance to better jobs or to resume careers they had before coming to the United States. Services are available for five years following the arrival of the eligible program participant in the U.S. and offered in three ways:
Pre-Employment
Work adjustment counseling services help refugees get their first job after arrival including:
- Job Search & Placement Assistance
- On-the-Job Training Referrals
- English Language Referrals
- Transportation & Child Care
- Referrals to Community Supports
Career Laddering
Assists refugees who were in a professional career in their country of origin to obtain education and employment in the same or similar field, such as:
- Skills Determination
- Career Laddering Assessment & Plan
- Employed Worker Training Referrals
- Internship & Apprenticeship Referrals
- Job Upgrading & Placement
Post-Employment
Services help employed members of a refugee family move from first jobs to higher level jobs with better incomes and benefits. Program participants are eligible to receive the following:
- Career Advancement Counseling
- Specific Marketable Skills Training
- English Language Instruction for the Employed
SERVICES PROVIDED
What We Offer
The program is offered to help new Americans to enter the workforce and become self-reliant.
- Skills and Training
- Help Finding a Job
- Job Placement
- Counseling
- Help Navigating the System
- English as a Second Language (ESL)
Office Locations
Doral Office
- 7875 NW 12 Street, Suite 200, Doral, FL 33126
- 305.643.6730
Hialeah Office
- 500 W 49th Street, Suite I (second floor)Hialeah, FL 33012
- 305.822.7761
Boyton Beach Office
- 3200 S Congress Ave, Suite 100 Boyton Beach, FL 33426
- 561.964.1693
How Can I Get Help?
Youth Co-Op offers RET services in Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties. For assistance, please visit us at one of our convenient locations or contact us at refugee@ycoop.org or 305.643.6730
